Placard



Dec. 4,1923. 1,475,958

- H. V. MARSH ET AL AAAAA RD Inventors f1; Vh'arsh.

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Patented Dec. 4, 1 923.

U-NITED. STATES MEN- O FICE.

HARRY v. Mans]: AND nnnnr J. STEPHENS, or cHIeAeo, ILLINOIS.

PLAQARD.

Application filed February To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY V. MARSH and HENRY J. STEPHENS, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and useful .Placard, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relatesto placards and particularly to advertising"placards ondarily,

' combination, construction, of the several parts of our used in directassociation with objects of merchandise.

The primary object ofthe invention is to provide a new and. novel meansfor connecting advertising matter with the object of merchandise towhich it relates, and, seethe object of the invention is to minimize the'cost of material for such advertising matterby reducing the quantity ofmaterial required therefor.

These, and suchother objects as may hereinafte'r appear are obtained bythe .novel and arrangement device illustrated in the single sheet ofdrawing accompanying and made a part of this specification, and in whichFig.1 is a blank showing the'general configuration of one form, of thedevice; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing one side, in any desiredconfiguration.

Referring now to Fig. 1,.it will be-noted that the ordinal lis used toindicate the body of an advertisin'gplacard, and as 'here inbeforeindicated, it 1 form, and also, m y printed on either y divided in"order I I to provide two equal sized quarter sections 2 and 2",hereinafter called tabs. The

jgreatest dimension of the semicircularrextension referred to, whichisfat the line of I 555 its division from the. body 1, is equivalent tothe diameter of a can of goods upon which may be of any general ortion,which ex- 23, 1923. Serial Illo. 629,764.

the device'is used, 3 'shownin Figl2, which can has the usual flange 3at its-top." Scoring may be em 'ployed intermediatejbody 1 and tabs- 2and} the internal portions ably parallel to one nother and to the sidesof the can 3.

as for example, the can i which project.

- At the inner and uppermost portion of .each ear 4, oppositely disposedslots 5 are formed by stamping outa portion of the material. Slots 5 maybe formed at the same time the blank hereinbefore referred to is made,and in conjunction with all of the other slits or cuts required, namely,the cut forming the tabs 2? and'2" the slit separating said tabs, ears4. It is quite usual to cut or stamp) out the entire blank or severalblanks at a single stroke of a die directed against. a single thiclmessof material, thus enabling tlfie mzler to'produce blanks at a high rate0 spa I The purpose of slots 5 is to remove a ortion of material so asto freely-admitof the insertion .of the flanged top section" 3 of can 3within theears 4, and at the same time to permit the tabs 2'? and2 oppo-3 with their arcuafe peripheralportions in engagement with the interiorwall of flange3. I I After manufacture of the device, and. the printingor decorating thereof, the device '1s taken in one hand and tabs 2 and 2are folded and't-he ot erforwardly of the body I --Ho lding up thetabsl2and 2? with the fin- 'gers,' can-3 is slipped into. blank .1withthe flange 3 of t isterin in the cutaway portions 5 in'ears 4. Theta s 2 and 2?" are then released to rest upon can 3 within flange 3.

and the cuts producing 1; right a'ngles,'one backwardlly sitelyfpointed, to' rest upon the top of can ositionv upon e former reg- Thespace intermediate ears-4 is such that of body 1 are frictionalengagement between ears 4 and the sides of the can 3 results. Tabs 2and. 2" when released peripherally engage the inside portion of theflange 3 on-can 3 whereby to hold, vertically upright, body 1 of thedevice. Frictional engagement of the surfaces of tabs 2 and 2 upon thetop of the can and the peripheral friction hereinbefore referred to andrelating to the edges of said tabs, coupled with the frictionalengagement of can 3 and the ears 4 and that of flange 3 along the sidesof the said ears, gives a snug and secure association between the can 3and our device, and substantially prevents displacement thereof. It isquite manifest that the tabs 2 and 2 are reversible and that whenboth-surfaces printed, it too is reversible. Weclaim: I i

1. An advertising device for use upon a flanged can or the like andprovided from a blank having a semicircular extension portion slit toprovide equal sized tabs adapted to be folded in opposite directions,and

having additional extension portions with parallel interior edges cutaway adjacent vided to form, when folded, quadrants adapted to be seatedin opposite directions within said rimmed can top, and marginalextensions adjacent said centrally disposed extension for engaging thewalls of said can at its'diameter. 1

HARRY v. MARSH. HENRY J. STEPHENS.

